Isaiah 28:17

Isaiah 28:17 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)Judgment also will I lay to the line, and righteousness to the plummet: and the hail shall sweep away the refuge of lies, and the waters shall overflow the hiding place.
• New International Version (NIV)I will make justice the measuring line and righteousness the plumb line; hail will sweep away your refuge, the lie, and water will overflow your hiding place.
• English Standard Version (ESV)And I will make justice the line, and righteousness the plumb line; and hail will sweep away the refuge of lies, and waters will overwhelm the shelter."
• New King James Version (NKJV)Also I will make justice the measuring line, And righteousness the plummet; The hail will sweep away the refuge of lies, And the waters will overflow the hiding place.

Context of Isaiah 28:17

15You boast, ‘We have made a covenant with death. Yes, we have made an agreement with Sheol. When trouble comes to our city like a deep flood of water, we will be safe. We trust in our lies to keep us safe.’ 16So the Almighty Lord says this: ‘Look! I am putting a special stone in Zion. It is a valuable stone, because it makes a strong foundation at the corner of my building. Anyone who trusts in that foundation will never be disappointed. Justice and righteousness will make that foundation strong and true. But if you trust in lies, a storm of ice will destroy your safe place. A flood of water will destroy the place where you are hiding. 18I will stop your covenant with death. Your agreement with Sheol will not continue. When trouble comes like a deep flood of water, it will drown you. 19A flood of punishment will come again and again, and it will carry you away. It will come every morning, and all through the day and the night.’ When you understand this message from the Lord, you will be very afraid.

Isaiah 28:17 word by word

וְשַׂמְתִּ֤י מִשְׁפָּט֙ לְקָ֔ו וּצְדָקָ֖ה לְמִשְׁקָ֑לֶת וְיָעָ֤ה בָרָד֙ מַחְסֵ֣ה כָזָ֔ב וְסֵ֥תֶר מַ֖יִם יִשְׁטֹֽפוּ׃Read the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• Judgmentמִשְׁפָּטmishpâţ · justiceH4941
• also will I layשׂוּםώûm ώîym · to set: makeH7760
• to the lineקַוqav qâv · lineH6957
• and righteousnessצְדָקָהtsedâqâh · righteousnessH6666
• to the plummetמִשְׁקֶ֫לֶתmishqeleth mishqôleth · levelH4949
• and the hailבָּרָדbârâd · hailH1259
• shall sweep awayיָעָהyâ‛âh · to sweep awayH3261
• the refugeמַחְסֶּהmachăseh machseh · refugeH4268
• of liesכָּזָבkâzâb · lieH3577
• and the watersמַיmayim · waterH4325
• shall overflowשָׁטַףshâţaph · to overflowH7857
• the hiding placeסֵ֫תֶרsêther sithrâh · secrecyH5643

Cross-references for Isaiah 28:17

• Isaiah 10:22Israel's people are now very many, as many as the sand on the shore of the sea. But only a few will remain to return. The Lord has decided to destroy you, people of Israel. His punishment is fair and right.
• 2 Kings 21:13I will judge Jerusalem and I will punish the people, as I punished Samaria and the family of King Ahab. I will remove the people from Jerusalem, like someone who washes the dirt from both sides of a plate.
• Psalms 94:15Once again, judges will do what is right and fair, and good, honest people will agree.
• Amos 7:7Then the Lord showed this vision to me. The Lord God was standing next to a wall. In his hand was a string with a heavy weight on its end. The Lord was hanging the string down the wall. He was looking to see whether the wall was straight.
• Romans 2:2When God judges people, he does it in a way that is right and fair. He punishes people who do those kind of bad things.
• Romans 9:28The Lord God will finish his work quickly. He has warned his people what he will do. And he will punish them completely.’
• Revelation 19:2Everything that he decides is right and fair. He has punished that great prostitute. She led people on the earth to do wicked things. She murdered God's servants with her own hands. But now God has punished her as she deserves.’
• Isaiah 28:2Look! The Lord God is sending a strong and powerful army to attack it. It comes like a strong storm of ice. Its wind destroys everything. It is like rain that pours down and causes a flood. He will knock down Ephraim's great city to the ground with his great power!
• Isaiah 25:4You Lord have been a safe place for poor people. When helpless people were in trouble, you have kept them safe. You were a place for them to hide from the storm. You gave them shade from the heat. Yes, cruel people attack them like a storm that hits against a wall.
• Isaiah 32:2Each leader will be like a safe place to hide from strong winds and storms. He will be like streams of water in a desert. And he will be like the shadow of a great rock in a hot, dry land.
• Exodus 9:18Look! Tomorrow at this time, I will send a very great storm of hail. Nobody has ever seen hail fall like this in Egypt before now. From Egypt's first day as a country until today, nobody has seen a storm like this.
• Joshua 10:11As the Amorites ran down the hill from Beth Horon, the Lord sent large stones of hail down from the sky. The hail killed them all the way to Azekah. More of the Amorite soldiers died because of the heavy stones of hail, than because the Israelite soldiers killed them.
• Jeremiah 7:4People may say, ‘We are safe here! This is the temple of the Lord. It is the temple of the Lord!’ But the people who say that are deceiving you. Do not trust them.
• Jeremiah 23:19But look! The Lord's anger will come like a strong storm. It will blow away the heads of those wicked people.
• Jeremiah 30:23Look! The Lord's anger will come like a strong storm. Like a strong wind, it will blow away the heads of wicked people.
• Ezekiel 13:10Those prophets have deceived my people. They say that there will be peace. But there is no peace for my people. They are like men who build a wall without any mortar. They paint it white to make it look nice.

Commentaries on Isaiah 28:17

• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 17Judgment also will I lay to the line - The sense of this is, I will judge them according to the exact rule of law, as an architect frames everything according to the rule which he uses. In other words, there shall be no mercy intermingled. The line is used by a carpenter for measuring; the plummet consists of a piece of lead attached to a string, and is also used by carpenters to obtain a perpendicular line. A carpenter works exactly according to the…Read the comment
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 16-22Verses 16-22 Here is a promise of Christ, as the only foundation of hope for escaping the wrath to come. This foundation was laid in Zion, in the eternal counsels of God. This foundation is a stone, firm and able to support his church. It is a tried stone, a chosen stone, approved of God, and never failed any who made trial of it. A corner stone, binding together the whole building, and bearing the whole weight; precious in the sight of the Lord, and of…Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 17The Lord judges people based on their actions, which show if they have true faith (for justice and righteousness, see Isaiah 1:21–23).Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 1717. line--the measuring-line of the plummet. Horsley translates, "I will appoint judgment for the rule, and justice for the plummet." As the corner-stone stands most perpendicular and exactly proportioned, so Jehovah, while holding out grace to believers in the Foundation-stone, will judge the scoffers (Is 28:15) according to the exact justice of the law (compare Jas 2:13). hail--divine judgment (Is 30:30; 32:19).Read the comment

Topics related to Isaiah 28:17

• God Continued...
• Infidelity
• Isaiah
• Israel, Prophecies Concerning
• Plummet
• Presumption
• Righteousness
• Security
• Self-Righteousness

In the dictionaries

• Battle
• Diadem
• Doctrine
• Foundation
• Hasty
• Refuge
• Rod
• Short
• Sure
• Hail (1)

Commentaries on Isaiah 28

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
• Tyndale Open Study Notes
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
• Rashi on Tanakh
• Calvin’s Commentaries
• Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
• John Wesley’s Notes
• Darby Translation Notes
• Geneva Bible Translation Notes
• Kingcomments
• Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
• Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
• Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
• Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
• EGW Writings